Hood cap for bottles



Jan. 14, 1930 J MANSQN 1,743,280

HOOD CAP FOR BOTTLES Filed June 1928 2 Shets-Sheet 1 I /n venfr qeorye Md/150';

Jan. 14, 1930. MANSON 1,743,280

HOOD CAP FOR BOTTLES Filed June 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 1; Awe/17 51 Geo/71593100507 LEI I H Patented Jan. 14, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HOOD CAP FOR BOTTLES Application filed June 4, 1928. Serial No. 282,812.

This invention relates to improvements in hood caps for bottles and other containers,

and the objects of the invention are to provide an inexpensive sanitary and effective seal for the top of bottles and other containers such as milk bottles, which will protect the contents of the bottle and prevent contamination of the lip of the bottle opener through handling or transportation.

Further objects of the invention are to enable the hood cap to be sealed or fastened in position without external fastening means and without applying any adhesive to the surface of the bottle itself.

Various forms of hood caps have been provided for bottles formed from fibre or cardboard impregnated or coated with various water-proofing agents, such hood caps being held in place either by external fastening means such as a wire ring or by the adhesion of the impregnated substance to the side of the bottle. Owing to the relative thickness of the fibre board employed, some difliculty is experienced in causing the caps to fit closely about the bottle and the adhesive substance itself contaminating with the bottle remains on the same after the cap is removed, thereby producing an' unsanitary condition around the neck of the bottle.

According to the present invention, this difliculty is overcome by forming the hood or ca of comparatively light paper and provi 'ng a skirt thereon to form a series of tabs designed to overlap when in position about the top of the bottle, the said tabs being retained in overlapping position by adhesive on the outer sideof each tab designed to contact with the adjacent tab; these tabs being formed either by cutting slits in the skirt or by pleating the same, all as hereinafter more fully set forth and described in the accompan-ying specification and drawings.

In the drawings: Figure l is an elevation showing the top of a milk bottle with hood cap thereon.

Figure 2 is a sectional view showing the hood capin position.

Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional View through the skirt of the hood cap. Figure 4 is a plan view of the paper disc constituting the hood cap before it is folded about the bottle.

Figure 5 is an elevation showing an alternative form of the hood cap in position on top of the bottle.

Figure 6 is a sectional elevation of the form shown in Figure 5.

Fi re 7 is an enlarged sectional view through the skirt of the hood cap shown in Figure 5. a

Figure 8 is a plan view of the paper disc constituting the hood cap shown in Figure 5.

In the drawings, like characters of refereieince indicate corresponding parts in all the Referring to the drawings:

A indicates the hood cap as a whole formed from a light paper disc. The paper used may be conveniently formed from kraft or sulphite stock having a hard size therein to render it highly resistant to water. The resistance should be such that the paper will stand 24 hours immersion in water without. disintegration. The thickness of the paper should be under 12 points, preferably between 9 and 6 points.

The cap is formed at the central portion 10 designed to extend over the top of the bottle and in which suitable advertising matter may be printed, if desired, and a skirt portion 11 designed to be folded either manually or by machine about the neck of the bottle as shown in Figures 1 and 2.

In accordance with the present invention, a series of overlapping tabs 12 are formed in the skirt of the hood cap. These tabs may be either formed as shown in Figures 1, Band-4 by pleatin .the sln'rt or as shown in F gures I 5, 7' and 8 y cutting'radial notches 13 m the disc, which thereby forms the tabs. To substitute the pleating in the form shown 1n Flgures 1, 3 and 4, the paper disc may be scored or otherwise weakened along the line of fold 14.

The tabs when in position are designed to be adhesively secured together by a waterroof adhesive on the inner tabs designed to be covered by the outer tabs. In the form shown in Figures 1,- 3 and 4 segmental adhesive portions15 areprovided at suitable mo 2 meaaao points on the skirt so that, when pleated as shown in Figure 3, the adhesives will hold the outer pleated portions adjacent to the inner pleated portion.

In the form shown in Figures 5 to 8, the

segmental adhesive portions 16 are provided on one side of each tab so that the adhesive portion will be covered by the overlapping port7ion of the adjacent tab as shown in Figure It will be observed that in both forms of the invention, there is no adhesive to touch or engage the bottle; the whole cap being formed of thin material it is not likely to swell or loosen, and may be caused to fit closely about the bottle and without contamination of the contentsthereof as Well as preventing contamination of the pouring lip of the bottle.

Hood caps, constructed according to the present invention, may be applied to the top of the bottle in a flat condition, the skirt being folded about the bottle manually or by mechanical means. The hood caps will be supplied to dairies 01' other users in a flat condition in which they may be shipped and stored without occupying much space.

As many changes could be made in the above construction, and many apparently widely different embodiments of my invention within the scope of the claims, constructed without departing from the spirit or scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the accompanying specification and drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A hood cap for bottles and other containers formed of light foldable paper high- 1y resistant to water and having a skirt provided with a series of tabs designed to overlap when the cap is in position on the bottle a portion of the outer surface of each tab coated with adhesive.

2.The hood cap as claimed in claim 1, in which the adhesive is on the outer surface of the overlapped portion of the inner tab.

3. The hood cap as claimed in claim 1, in which segmental adhesive portions are provided on the inner tab.

4. The hood cap as claimed in claim 1 in which the tabs are formed by V-shaped pleats in the skirt a portion of each pleat coated with adhesive on the outer face thereof,

5. The hood cap as claimed in claim 1, in which the skirt is providedwith folded or segmental lines adapted to enable the same to be pleated to form the overlapping tabs and a portion of each pleat is coated with adhesive on the outer face thereof.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand,

GEORGE JAWS MANSON. 

